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THOMAS WINDSOR

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 942 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THOMAS See also:WINDSOR , or HICKMAN-WINDSOR (c. 1670-1738), second son of Thomas, See also:Lord Windsor de Stanwell, 1st See also:earl of See also:Plymouth, was in 1699 created See also:Viscount Windsor of See also:Black-See also:castle, in the See also:peerage of See also:Ireland. In 1712 he was created a peer of See also:Great See also:Britain with the See also:title of See also:Baron See also:Mountjoy of the Isle of See also:Wight, being descended in the See also:female See also:line from See also:Sir See also:Andrew Windsor (c. 1475—1543), 1st Baron Windsor de Stanwell, who married See also:Elizabeth See also:Blount, See also:sister and co-See also:heir of See also:Edward, 2nd Baron Mountjoy of the first creation, who died an See also:infant in 1475. On the See also:death of Thomas's son See also:Herbert in 1758 the title of Mountjoy again became See also:extinct; but it was revived in favour of See also:John See also:Stuart, earl of See also:Bute, who married See also:Charlotte Jane Hickman-Windsor, Herbert's daughter and See also:sole heiress, and who in 1796 was created Viscount Mountjoy of the Isle of Wight, earl of Windsor, and See also:marquess of the See also:county of Bute, all of which titles are held by his descendant, the See also:present marquess of Bute. See Sir See also:Alexander Croke, The Genealogical See also:History of the Croke See also:family, originally named Le Blount (2 vols., See also:Oxford, 1823). For the Irish lord See also:deputy, see also W. B. Devereux, Lives and Letters of the Devereux, Earls of See also:Essex (2 vols., See also:London, 1853); Fynes See also:Moryson, Itinerary (London, 1617). Also, G. E. C., The Complete_ Peerage (London, 1889).

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